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carettochelyid

carettochelyid noun: any turtle in the family Carettochelyidae.

Noun

carettochelyid (plural carettochelyids)

  1. Any turtle in the family Carettochelyidae.
    • Loss of scutes (and corresponding loss of sucli^([sic]) on the underlying shell plates) is widely regarded as a derived condition that has occurred independently in trionychids, advanced carettochelyids (Carettochelyidae), and derived sea turtles such as dermochelyids and protostegids (e.g., Meylan...2012, Donald B. Brinkman, editor, Morphology and Evolution of Turtles

Forms of carettochelyid

pluralcarettochelyids

Questions about carettochelyid

What does carettochelyid mean?
Carettochelyid means any turtle in the family Carettochelyidae.
What part of speech is carettochelyid?
Carettochelyid is a noun.
What is the plural of carettochelyid?
The plural of carettochelyid is carettochelyids.

Words near carettochelyid in the dictionary

  1. careth
  2. caretlike
  3. caretook
  4. caretroside
  5. carets
  6. carettochelyid
  7. carettochelyids
  8. Carew
  9. careware
  10. carework
  11. careworker

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